Gmi  F  B  Cmi  Gmi

   Gmi
1. My mother came to hazard when I was just seven
                                         F
   Even then the folks in town said with predjudiced eyes
        C
   That boy’s not right
   Gmi
   Three years ago when I came to know mary
                                             F
   First time that someone looked beyond the rumors and the lies
               C
   And saw the man inside

      Es                       B
R: We used to walk down by the river
       Es                        Gmi
   She loved to watch the sun go down
      Es                     B  Gmi
   We used to walk along the river
       F         Es               Gmi
   And dream our way out of this  town

2. No one understood what I felt for mary
   No one cared until the night she went out walking alone
   And never came home
   Man with a badge came knocking next morning
   Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly
   Pointed right at me

R: I swear I left her by the river
   I swear I left her safe and sound
   I need to make it to the river
   And leave this old nebraska town

   F                Es
R2:I think about my life gone by
       Gmi              F
   And how it’s done me wrong
                Es
   There’s no escape for me this time
   B                                F
   All of my rescues are gone, long gone

R: I swear I left her by the river
   I swear I left her safe and sound
   I need to make it to the river
   And leave this old nebraska town